The Grand Master: Use the Power Wisely
In a live show, when playing back on-the-fly (busking, winging it, or punting), I find using the grand master and DBO button very helpful. I… Read More »The Grand Master: Use the Power Wisely
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World’s Largest Floating Christmas Tree Lights Up in Rio de Janeiro
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – The floating Bradesco Seguros Christmas Tree, a 15-year holiday tradition, returned to the balmy environs of the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon. The tree had already set a record for Largest Floating Christmas Tree according to Guinness World Records, and the 2010 tree measured 85 meters in height.
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Clay Paky Cites Trends toward Live Music, Stage Lighting at Clubs
MONTE CARLO – The Grimaldi Forum recently hosted the inaugural Monaco International Clubbing Show (MICS). Clay Paky played a key role, and Pio Nahum, commercial and marketing director, offered his perspective of changes within the club market, including a trend toward live music and stage lighting in club environments.
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SF Marketing Adds Two to Marketing & Communications Department
MONTREAL – SF Marketing (SFM) announced two new additions to its Marketing & Communications (Marcom) Department: Claudia L'Ecuyer, who has assumed the newly-created position of events manager, and Lisa Griffiths, the new brand manager for SFM's Consumer, MI, and Lighting Divisions.
Read More »GLP US Inc. Named Distributor of Global Truss
SUN VALLEY, CA – GLP (German Light Products) US Inc. has been named a full service distributor for Global Truss for the USA. Global Truss makes trussing, support systems and clamp accessories, including a full range ladder, triangular and box truss systems in various sizes and finishes.
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Axis LED Spot from Mega Systems Inc
The Axis LED Spot automated lighting fixture features an energy-efficient Phlatlight 60 watt LED as a light source. It has two gobo wheels – seven rotating and nine fixed – and nine are colored glass gobos. The rotating prism can generate a 3D effect. The fixture's lamp can be dimmed and yields a strobe effect. It weighs 36 lbs and it measures 16.75 by 16 by 20.5 inches.
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X-Factor TV Shows in Italy, Ukraine Lit with Coemar Gear
CASTEL GOFFREDO, Italy – The X-Factor is taking a bigger place on the international TV stage, having reached a total of 23 different countries from its U.K. origins. Coemar fixtures were specified for the X-Factor broadcasts in Italy – where the show first aired in 2008 – and the recent introduction of the show in Ukraine, which appears to be another ratings success.
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Italian TV Quiz Show Finds the Correct Colors with Clay Paky Fixtures
SERIATE, Italy – Along with the risk of elimination – and the loss of all the accrued quiz show money to the eliminator – contestants on L'eredità (The Inheritance) on Italian TV (RAI 1) get cast in different colors every time they make a mistake. Director of photography Vittorino Piccolo, meanwhile, is mostly concerned that there won't be any errors in the color specified – or, worse, a fixture failure that would bring the whole TV show to a halt.
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Impact Engineering Puts New Robe Gear to Use for Asian Events
SINGAPORE – Impact Engineering, which supports productions in Singapore, Hong Kong and China, has purchased 116 Robe moving lights, including 50 ColorSpot 700E ATs and 66 ROBIN 300 Beams, in a deal handled by Louis Teo of Robe SEA.
Read More »FLI Rigging Announces Expansion in Operating Territory
BELLEVILLE, MI – FLI Rigging, originally established to serve the entertainment lighting, film, AV and installation markets in a three-state area – Michigan, Ohio and Indiana – has announced plans to offer its temporary and permanent rigging services nationwide.
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Bullet For My Valentine Scales Up with GLP Impression Fixtures
LONDON – Back in mid-2010, Danish lighting designer Christian Bonde prepared to scale up the design for the Bullet For My Valentine's shows, which had appeared at a variety of club-type venues in the U.S., in preparation for European arenas.
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Australian Girls School Auditorium Updated with ETC Selador, Vari-Lite Gear
KARRINYUP, Western Australia – The Lady Wardle Performing Arts Centre, a 509 seat auditorium at the St. Mary's Anglican Girls School, graduated to a new quality of light with recent gear from ETC Selador and Vari-Lite.
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